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Food & Drink

IFE London 2026: Mapping the Future of Food, from Creation to Commerce

What we eat, how it will be produced and how we shop for it revealed new ways of thinking about ingredients, meals and buying at this year’s International Food and Drink Event (IFE).

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Culture & Media

SXSW 2026: Smaller, Slower, More Human

At SXSW 2026, the festival shifted from tech hype and relentless growth to a focus on human-centred design, community-led culture and products and experiences that prioritise wellbeing, biology and meaningful human connection over scale.

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Marketing & Branding

Tiny Tastes

There is innovation ahead in the baby and child aisle. Parents are turning mealtimes into flavour-forward, nutrient-dense and convenient experiences.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

How Salomon is celebrating everyone who shapes sport

Salomon is using its first official Winter Games partnership to launch Shaping New Futures, a long-term campaign signalling a shift towards proactively shaping a future of sport and culture that is accessible to everyone.

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Retail

Engineering Serendipity

The Future Laboratory sits down with Lea Lemaire, lead creative strategist at Amsterdam design studio Random Studio, to explore why the future of experiential retail lies in applied innovation, phygital restraint and facilitating human connection.

Ollobot Cyber Pet, US
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Technology

CES 2026: Home Tech with Heart

From robo-companions to ambient audio and at-home longevity tools, CES 2026 signalled a shift towards emotionally intelligent home technologies designed to blend seamlessly into everyday life.

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Technology

Detoxification Clinics

Longevity treatments are being developed to remove microplastics from human blood – at a premium. As more people are using health as a signifier of identity, there is increasing pressure for body optimisation, requiring effective and innovative approaches.

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Luxury

LuxePack Monaco 2025: Luxury Packaging’s Era of Accountability

Evolving beyond its functional and desirable roles, packaging now stands as a marker of environmental credibility, material intelligence and ethical transparency.

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Food & Drink

Future Food Tech 2025: Resilience by Design

The ongoing resilience of food systems is under the microscope. Future Food-Tech London 2025 highlighted the need for systems built on diversity, collaboration and intelligent innovation – not just tech-driven fixes.